Severe Tire Damage

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Severe Tire Damage Live album by They Might Be Giants
First released	August 11, 1998 (UK: 2000)	Tracks	24
Label	Restless (UK: Cooking Vinyl)	Length	56:33

2006 reissue back cover (featuring They Might Be Giants Podcast plug)

Doctor Worm (3:01)
Severe Tire Damage Theme (0:39)
They Got Lost (Live) (3:42)
Why Does The Sun Shine? (Live) (2:16)
Birdhouse In Your Soul (Live) (3:11)
She's An Angel (Live) (3:20)
XTC Vs. Adam Ant (Live) (3:39)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Live) (3:07)
Ana Ng (Live) (3:00)
First Kiss (Live) (1:35)
Spider (Live) (0:52)
Particle Man (Live) (2:09)
She's Actual Size (Live) (2:16)
S-E-X-X-Y (Live) (3:06)
Meet James Ensor (Live) (1:30)
Till My Head Falls Off (Live) (2:51)
About Me (3:01)
Planet Of The Apes (2:35)
Return To The Planet Of The Apes (2:45)
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1:40)
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1:08)
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1:56)
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (2:00)
This Ape's For You (1:13)

Although ostensibly a live album, it contains 3 studio tracks: Doctor Worm, Severe Tire Damage Theme, and About Me.
The versions of Ana Ng, Birdhouse In Your Soul and She's An Angel on this album were all previously featured on 1994's They Might Be Giants Live!! NYC EP. The "I don't want the world" part of Ana Ng was modified for STD.
See also Severe Tire Damage Radio Ad
Was later released in a stripped-down version simply known as Live. (Featuring only 10 of this album's 24 tracks.)
Debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart the week of August 29, 1998; spent one week on the chart, peaking at number 186.
The Planet Of The Apes tracks were taken from fan-submitted bootlegs of the shows they were played at, as the band hadn't originally planned to immortalize the improvised songs.
The Planet Of The Apes tracks were also originally "hidden tracks" on the CD release, as the back of the CD doesn't list them and they play after 2:20 minutes of silence at the end of the track About Me.

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